Herminium kumaunense Deva & H.B.Naithani (1986:159)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Jalal et al., 2026)
Last (and only) record: 1886 (Jalal et al., 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
Chalik Byans (Chhiyalekh, Byans Valley), Pithoragarh district, Kumaon region, Uttarakhand, India
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Deva, S. and Naithani, H. B. (1986). The Orchid Flora of North West Himalaya. Print and Media Associates, New Delhi.
Other references:
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Jalal, J. S., Agrawala, D. K., Rout, Y. and Kumar, P. (2026). Herminium kumaunense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T251544450A251545018. Accessed on 14 July 2026.
Phartiyal, M. and Sharma, S. (2024). Comprehending drivers of land use land cover change from 1999 to 2021 in the Pithoragarh District, Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand. Journal of Mountain Science 21: 2394-2407.
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 15 July 2026]
Raskoti, B. B., Schuiteman, A., Jin, W. T. and Jin, X. H. (2017). A taxonomic revision of Herminium L. (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae). PhytoKeys 79: 1-74.